Conditions

Male, 66 years of age, type 2 diabetes, class III obesity, peripheral neuropathy, multiple toe amputations, hypertension, hyperlipidemia and, most importantly, a 2-year-old granddaughter. Patient taking 100 units long-acting insulin, sulfonylurea, metformin, beta blocker, and statin. Checks glucose once in a while; in the 200 to 270 range when checks. A1C 9.3%.

In this week's Homerun Slides, explaining the beta-centric classification of diabetes mellitus.

While the risk remains low overall, a new large study showed a greater risk for pioglitazone than other diabetes drugs.

Why smokers have an increased risk of type 2.

Study finds hypothyroidism tied to type 2 diabetes.

Fingerprint analysis may offer the possibility to assess diabetes risk through a non-invasive, inexpensive and simple test.

Adiponectin level is a powerful risk marker of incident prediabetes in healthy white and black adults with a parental history of type 2 diabetes, study findings showed.

Adults with prediabetes assigned aloe vera supplements saw improvement in fasting plasma glucose, type 2 patients saw improvement in HbA1c.

In this week's Homerun Slides, the failure of the current classification of diabetes and a comparison of the definition of each current diabetes type.

Study finds less than one quarter of patients categorized as prediabetic received prediabetes treatment from their healthcare provider.